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No Swedish TV channel has yet bought the rights to the Four Nations in February.
– It has to be resolved somehow so that the Swedish people can see the matches, says back star Victor Hedman.
For the first time in nine years, the best players play against each other when the national team tournament Four Nations is organized by the NHL on February 12-21.
Victor Hedman’s words
Sweden, Canada, the USA and Finland square off in the tournament, which is decided with a year to go before the Olympics in Milan.
On Wednesday, Aftonbladet revealed that no Swedish television company has yet bought the rights.
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Victor Hedmanwho is tipped to become Swedish team captain, hopes that some company steps in.
– I think it will be resolved, it must be resolved so that the Swedish people can see the matches. That’s a given. I hope it will be resolved as soon as possible, he says in a digital press conference with Swedish media.
There, Tampa Bay’s Swedish back star was also asked how he reacted to the former national team captain Johan Garpenlövs plot to Erik Karlsson should not get a place in Sweden’s team.
About Erik Karlsson
Hedman and Karlsson are close friends and played together in Tre Kronor in the WC last spring.
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Both were pre-nominated for the Four Nations squad already this summer.
– I laughed a little when I read it. Erik Karlsson is a future Hall of Fame player, I see him often and he is a fantastically good hockey player, says Hedman and asserts:
– Erik Karlsson in a Swedish squad is one hundred percent given. Everyone is allowed to have their opinions, but that Erik Karlsson would not fit in a squad like this… It is a given with everything he has delivered year in and year out.
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